Danger flows through cities and terror floods around the world faster than any disease after World War II with the mass destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 1945. Due this world changing event everyone wanted the power of the atom bomb. The fear of the atomic bomb and communism was spreading throughout the United States and other Allied Countries. The United States had a method called “containment” and its purpose was to stop communism before it spread and to rid of it. The long “war” was held from 1945 till 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union were in this battle of who could create the better, bigger, and more powerful atom bomb and to get rid of communism and contain it out of the United States, to which this
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Containment is the stop of growing communism and effort of getting rid of it. One of the methods used was the Marshall Plan, this gave 12 billion dollars to European democracies to help rebuild. The point of this method was to aid these countries with resources so that communist ideas would not be so attractive. This idea was a great idea, even though the United States just got out war they were still willing to help European countries. (Document B, Map #4) America with the intentions to support West Berlin by flying in supplies for 2 million people for nearly a year. (Document B, Map #5 and #2) The Soviet Union was against capitalism so in order to stop America from aiding European countries the Soviet put up blockades all around West Berlin on June 27, 1948, but soon after the Soviet Union removed the blockades on May 12, 1949.
Other ways the United States used containment was the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was applied in 1947, by President Truman, its purpose was so the United States would support the “free people,” like Greece and Turkey, who was being threatened by communism. Even Berlin was threatened by communism since the Soviet Union had control over Eastern Berlin. The Soviets thought that capitalism was dying and communism was going to take over, thus, causing a lot of tension between America and the Soviet
Containment is the stop of growing communism and effort of getting rid of it. One of the methods used was the Marshall Plan, this gave 12 billion dollars to European democracies to help rebuild. The point of this method was to aid these countries with resources so that communist ideas would not be so attractive. This idea was a great idea, even though the United States just got out war they were still willing to help European countries. (Document B, Map #4) America with the intentions to support West Berlin by flying in supplies for 2 million people for nearly a year. (Document B, Map #5 and #2) The Soviet Union was against capitalism so in order to stop America from aiding European countries the Soviet put up blockades all around West Berlin on June 27, 1948, but soon after the Soviet Union removed the blockades on May 12, 1949.
Other ways the United States used containment was the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was applied in 1947, by President Truman, its purpose was so the United States would support the “free people,” like Greece and Turkey, who was being threatened by communism. Even Berlin was threatened by communism since the Soviet Union had control over Eastern Berlin. The Soviets thought that capitalism was dying and communism was going to take over, thus, causing a lot of tension between America and the Soviet